#16998F#16998F

#16998F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16998F
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(175, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -34.78, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 35.03, 186.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.1033 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.104 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6776, 24.9341, 29.9150)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16998F #991620

analogous

#16994E #16998F #166299

triadic

#16998F #8F1699 #998F16

tetradic

#16998F #4E1699 #991620 #629916

square

#16998F #4E1699 #991620 #629916

split-complementary

#16998F #991662 #994E16

monochromatic

#072E2B #0E635D #16998F #1ECFC1 #45E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#16998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#16998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16998F

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16998F	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90908F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b7af',
    500: '#16998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16998f;
$custom-light: #70b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.42,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61665,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16998F

secondary

#C5464F

accent

#3645F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16998F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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